/**
 * Copyright 2009 Sergio Bossa
 *
 *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *    limitations under the License.
 */
package com.googlecode.actorom;

import net.jcip.annotations.Immutable;

/**
 * Define the type of restart semantics applied to actors, see:
 * <ul>
 * <li>{@link #PERMANENT}</li>
 * <li>{@link #TEMPORARY}</li>
 * <li>{@link #TRANSIENT}</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author Sergio Bossa
 */
@Immutable
public enum RestartType {

    /**
     * With permanent restart, actors are always restarted, both when normally killed or abnormally failed.
     */
    PERMANENT,
    /**
     * With temporary restart, actors are never restarted.
     */
    TEMPORARY,
    /**
     * With transient restart, actors are restarted only if abnormally failed.
     */
    TRANSIENT
}